I was traveling yesterday and happened across a truckload of 506A in a rest stop. Looks like the ingots could weight between 1200 and 1400 lbs? That is about the range of numbers on them. They were too large to try and lift one off while the driver was not looking, not that I would attempt that, but the thought crossed my mind briefly. What a glorious sight. According to one document on the net about aluminum alloy 506A: "Alloys in which magnesium is the principal alloying element, used in boat hulls, gangplanks, and other products exposed to marine environments" I am not sure what the wholesale price is, but at $5.00/lb, that is maybe a quarter million dollars of alloy sitting there (if I did the math right).
They are designed for lifting with forklift tines. I remember reading an article online about people buying aluminium wholesale / distribution companies and driving up prices in the USA. At one stage they had two nearby warehouses and moved ingots from one to the other continuously for some reason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium_price-fixing_conspiracy https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aluminum-decision-idUSKCN1252KR
Forklift friendly. Stack securely. They are called "T bars". No need to stack 100 small ingots for a 1000-5000 pound load. Needs a good size induction furnace for remelt. Or could be sawn into chunks if necessary. I have a blade from a nearby smelter to saw billet including t-bar. Carbide and 48" diameter. Those shown haven't been sawn. But I see them often heading down the road with circular sawn ends. Must be continuous extrusions sawn to length. https://goo.gl/images/Xtusft https://www.google.com/search?q=alu...SypbeAhUEE3wKHSJ1BicQ_AUIEigC&biw=375&bih=559 Denis
Most of ingot I seen and used is 20 or 30 pounds size. In order to get better pricing it start at 5 tons/10,000 pounds. Most time for best price is over 20 tons / 40,000 pound All one alloy Dave
